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Hello, new member here!

I have attempted to replace a lightswitch in my house. The single switch controlled my kitchen lights.

I isolated it and removed the old lightswitch, i undid the screws and pulled the wires out. I should have taken a photo of the configuration and will next time. There were more than one wire in the same part of the old switch.

I was then left with: 3 blue wires and 3 brown wires. Three green and yellow wires are screwed in at the back.

I can't figure out how or where to put these 6 wires to get either the old or new switch working. Each attempt has shorted out so I've given up. I've left the ground floor lights off at the box as I currently have wires sticking out.

Photos attached. Pic 1 is wires. Pic 2 is old switch. Pic 3 is new switch

Hopefully someone can advise me?

Thank you in advance
 

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As above.

The blues would have been all together in the terminal marked “loop” on the old switch…. Which isn’t a functioning part of the switch and is only there as a connection point.

Any type of connector, doesn’t need to be a WAGO…

And you do need an earth link between the back box and the new face plate.
 

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